Todd Gurley’s ‘violent runner’ description should have Rams fans excited

Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley was described as a “violent runner” during Saturday’s practice with the Los Angeles Chargers.

Frustrating doesn’t even begin to describe the kind of year Todd Gurley had during his sophomore season with the Los Angeles Rams when considering the running back failed to record a single 100-yard game. However, thanks to some improvements made on the offensive side of the football over the last few months, Gurley shouldn’t face those same problems from a year ago while hopefully displaying an impressive bounce-back season.

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Only time will tell when it comes to whether this will actually happen for Gurley, but based off how he’s looked in training camp so far, Rams fans have every reason in the world to be excited for their running back. In fact, after head coach Sean McVay‘s recent comments following Saturday’s joint practice with the Los Angeles Chargers, Gurley may be gunning towards being one of the league’s top running backs.

As ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez recently pointed out, McVay described his running back as a “violent runner” following Gurley’s performance against the Chargers after seeing all of the impressive moves he was able to display on the field. Even if it was only a joint practice before the official start of preseason, this is exactly what Los Angeles needed to see from Gurley after everything the running back experienced last year.

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Expectations were high for Gurley at the beginning of last season after taking home Rookie of the Year honors the year before, and once again, the running back has set the bar high for himself heading into 2017 by aiming for 1,500 rushing yards to go along with 1,000 receiving yards. Don’t look now, but Gurley seems determined more than ever to make sure what went down last year doesn’t happen again while helping the Rams’ offense improve after only averaging 14 points per game in 2016.